Takru

You know, you can eventually run out of anti-"fun and enraging engaging game mechanics" flags

Which is absolutely true, but which also is applicable to any other profession.

Osprey floatplane

More Floatplanes coming in from the motherland. Here's the (Australian) Walrus.

Re point 7, at least for DDs I'd argue that a 15 point captain with concealment expert is mandatory, at least from the second league on. When you choose DD, ask yourself whether you'd want to go for the top hull of your DD or the B hull. Saw quite a few Bensons and Fubukis with one less gun / turret. And if you join ranked with a premium ship, please make sure you checked the automatic resupply button. I saw several Tirptzes and Atagos in grey this season.

Sad thing is, CVs are part of the balance, but not balanced :-/

*Looks at posting.* *Looks at poster's forum title.* Yeah. Right...

What I intended to express was that a continuous changing of ships doesn't work for me. I.e. one game in Benson, die, exit to port, choose Bismarck, battle, die, choose Shokaku etc etc ;-) (aka "spamming battles") I totally see that you might want to change to one ship or another during a season, so that you continue to play with a different ship for quite a while then.

Here I would disagree. I noticed that if I play too many different ships, especially in ranked, my performance gets (even) worse. However, for the next season I intend to prepare another ship or two with sufficiently trained captains. In all the seasons before I used destroyers, it's about time I try a different class.

That's not Halloween, that's the guy waiting for the promised good year for CVs

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Patchnotes 0.5.13.1 Incoming this thursday (27th Oct)

According to the RU page, it's a Fairey Flycatcher

What I'd usually do was - announcing where I'd smoke in chat and minimap - lay smoke - tell them when it will run out, using the battle timer (i.e. "smoke will run out at 17:00") - bugger off and spread some torps into the vague direction of the enemy - try to pay attention to battle timer, give a 1 minute and/or 30 second warning - try to motivate another DD to renew smoke if possible

Been there as well, mate. What seemed to help motivate BBs getting stuck in was when I announced where I'd smoke at the beginning of a game and made a point of trying to coordinate continuous smoke with my fellow DD captains. That smoke would usually be deployed in between both caps or at least somewhat in between, so the big guns could be brought to bear on both caps, if at all possible.

Something actually from the RU Forum for a change. SindenOtsu posted pictures of a tier 5 fighter floatplane for British ships.

Kitakami_19 Iku_19 published a interesting table on reddit

Sub_Octavian on Reddit on the subject of the benefits of T10 permanent camo:

Congrats! (also, I hate you -.-)

I'd rather have a reworked CV environment before releasing more skypigs, premium or not.

Sub_Octavian has been haunting informing us on Reddit again. Hello, and you are welcome. Our vision: versatile ship that can play support or damage dealer role. For extremely team-oriented and conscious players. Quite different (obviously) experience for more strategic gameplay. G3nesis_Prime Hi, thank you for reading it! Currently there's no immediate plan to buff Pensacola directly. Even if we were working on it right now, re-modeling the hull would not be cost-efficient way of doing it. Yes, she's not the easiest ship, she is more skill-dependent than others. But it is OK to have such ships in game. Her main problem is the same as Furutaka - she is the first 203 mm gun cruiser in line. She offers gameplay quite different from Cleveland, and requires different approach. Precursor2552 I elaborated on our overall CV vision above a bit. As for timeline - I do realize this is an important topic, but I cannot provide you with any dates or promises. We're on it, it won't happen fast - this is it for now. Takeda92 We're not going to remove it - there are no such plans. The majority (but not overwhelming) uses 155 mm. Yes, we gather separate stats in this case. The strength is very good protection and also what you defined - two calibers to chose from. beachedwhale1945 I am truly sorry, but I cannot tell you the number of ship lines or premium ships planned. I can say "yes" for new nations appearing in the game. As for my personal expectations - I make no difference between regular and premiums as a player. There are a couple of ships upcoming I am extremely hyped about. My collection will grow both in 2016 and in 2017 - that's for sure. Racound No need to be sorry - I just want to be helpful, so I thought it's a good idea to define my area of knowledge. Your suggestion about CV MM is definitely worth considering - and it's being considered while discussing possible CV changes. As for "enforced meta" the answer is no, and I don't see why it can change, unfortunately. There are several major problems in balancing the game meta with matchmaker, including absolute mess in competitive play and lots of problems with MM queue. So this will not happen. WerefoxNZ Yes, and there's not plan to introduce such feature. We would like to keep the squadrons specialized. Exkuroi We think this is not necessary and this will not contribute to the game in good way. IJN torps flooding chance is already profitable when there's anti torpedo protection on the ship. KniteWulf It would make her OP. -40% to dispersion is a tremendous buff for any BB. We are not planning to buff her anyways. She's unique and cannot be compared to other BBs for obvious reasons, but among other tier II ships she looks absolutely fine in terms of stats. As for her gameplay - it is quite specific, and will remain such. JackStorm787 Sure, this is absolutely possible. However, new lines are also coming, and I cannot tell you when we will do next split. KuroPyon We don't have any kind of policy prohibiting such premium ships. So, theoretically we can see such ships in the future. Adder007USA Yes, we did consider such mechanics in the very beginning. Currently, there is no plans to implement it. That doesn't mean we're absolutely against it, though. Note: as CV changes are mostly in design / internal discussion, I will skip such questions in the future. I don't like evading questions or giving vague answers, but in this situation it's impossible to inform you folks better. As soon as we have some solid concept, we will implement it. As soon as we're ready, you will see it during PT. You are very welcome with your suggestions, though. I always gather ideas and send them to the team. But answering "we are working on it" each time is not very helpful, while this answer is true. Numbah18 We may see them again, theoretically. But they were removed for balance purposes, please bear that in mind. We could re-work their stats, making them very close to piston-engined aircraft, but felt it was not the right thing to do. iku_19 So I played wonderful Mass Effect game some time ago, and I clearly remember Commander Shepard keeping the Space Hamster in his quarters (let alone the beautiful women and colourful bowl fish). How can an award-winning game have Space Hamster, but your post not? Eh..I don't know why I'm saying this, but this is the only resposne I could create without breaking NDA. Sorry. Talon_Haribon You are always welcome. It may be possible, we considered such option. And we did not leave it. But I hope you will understand if I don't promise anything on that. It is not in the plan for next few updates, and I'd rather not speak about something that is not determined enough. Edit: Answers in bold for easier reading

*sigh* You think more complaining will solve anything?

Something that surprised me was one particular game yesterday. Managed to get two citadel hits on a Caledon. While she was angled away from me. (so I hit the aft section) While sailing a Campbeltown (102mm guns). With HE.